Louisiana Likely To Retain Taxes
Governor Earl Long urged Louisiana lawmakers that the state should keep existing taxes due to expected revenue declines over the next two years. He vetoed a plan to cut the gasoline tax and warned that school lunch programs may rely on need. The proposal includes a $140 million bond issue for roads, bridges, civil service, and city home rule measures, aiming to fund major projects and highway work.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl Long
Long
New Orleans
Governor Long Backs Russell in Louisiana Primary
Governor Earl Long urged return of nephew Sen. Russell Long to Congress saying the July 25 Democratic primary election is decided. Long, seeking re election, faces J Y Fauntleroy of New Orleans. The governor warned against costly campaigns and predicted all Louisiana delegation members would win. Senator Long announced candidacy from Washington where FEPC debate continues. Other speakers included Sen. Allen Ellender and Reps. Otto Passman and James Morrison. Filing deadline next Friday for senate and other offices.
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Earl Long
Sen
Russell Long
Congress
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Huey P. Long
J. Y. Fauntleroy
New Orleans
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Louisiana
Capitol
Washington
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Allen Ellender
Otto Passman
James Morrison
D.-La
Senate
House of Representatives
House
William Hawkins
F. Edward Hebert
William Dane
Hale Boggs
E. E. Willis
Overton Brooks
Morrison
James Vining
Supreme Court
Amos Lee Ponder
Robert Ellis, Jr
Pennsylvania voting today shapes party leadership battle
Philadelphia May 16 A stormy GOP primary in a key state tests chances for U S Senate candidate Francis J Myers and for governor James H Duff. Duff seeks the senatorial nomination against John C Kunkel while Duff and Grundy clash over party control.
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Philadelphia
U. S. Senate
Senate
Francis J. Myers
James H. Duff
Myers
Richardson Dilworth
Duff
Grundy
Kunkel
Pardon Requested for Cawthon by Louisiana Senate
Louisiana Senate votes 20 to 4 to seek presidential clemency for Joseph T. Cawthorn of Mansfield serving a two year term for conspiracy to tamper with a federal jury. The move follows prior action to pardon Burton and names dissents by Calhoun Mahoney Ainsworth and Crothers. Cawthorn, Burton, and La Branche were convicted March 24, 1948. Cawthorn served as Burton’s lawyer and La Branche sat on the jury.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
Joseph T. Cawthorn
Mansfield
Drayton Bougher
Springhill
R. K. Gay
Zwolle
Truman
United States
Reimer Calhoun
Calhoun
Sens
Louis A. Mahoney
New Orleans
Robert Ainsworth
Brenham Crothers
Ferriday
Cawthoun
William T. Burton
Lake Charles
Marcel LaBranche
Burton
Cawthorn
LaBranche
U. S. Supreme Court
Princess Fathia loses her heritage in royal council ruling
Cairo May 16 King Farouk’s sister Princess Fathia’s California marriage to Christian commoner Riad Ghali is invalidated by Egypt’s royal council. The council orders control of Fathia and Queen Mother Nazli properties and recalls Princess Faika from the United States. The move follows a state law barring Muslim women from marrying Christians.
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Cairo
Egypt
California
Farouk
Fathia
Nazli
San Francisco
Riad Ghali
Faika
United States
Muhammed Zulfoukar Bey
Muhammed Ali
al Ahram
Fouad Sadek
Egypt Refuses to Recognize Ghali Marriage in California
In San Francisco on May 16, Riad Ghali learned Egypt’s royal council disallows his civil marriage to Princess Fathia, sister to King Farouk, annulling the union. Fathia says a Moslem ceremony will proceed despite royal disapproval.
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Egypt
Fathia
San Francisco
California
Riad Ghali
Farouk
Ghali
Tax Exemptions for Vets Sought in Louisiana
Louisiana veterans would gain expanded homestead and income tax relief with two proposals in the House. Representatives Booth and Kennedy introduced a constitutional amendment to double the farm homestead exemption for veterans and a legislative act to extend the $5,000 state income tax exemption for married veterans and head of family or $2,500 for single veterans by five years, as current exemptions expire December 31.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
A. Douglas Booth
Richland Parish
Robert S. Kennedy
Union Parish
Chiang Kai-Shek vows death to defend Formosa
Formosa leader Chiang Kai-Shek pledged to die defending the island if he cannot repel the Communist tide sweeping mainland China. He warned of national disaster, saying there is nothing left but honorable death or return to the mainland and that allied leaders may join him in a death pact.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
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Nationalist Party
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Amoy
Chen Yi
Peiping Radio
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Chiang
Lewis Denies Secret Signals
Washington May 16 John L Lewis refused to testify voluntarily before a house labor subcommittee but denied sending secret signals to miners during the winter coal strike. He published a letter to chairman Jacobs denying any whistle stop instructions from his office to Sidener or other UMWA members. Sidener led Canton Illinois miners who tried to return to work after the strike and was fined 50000 by his local union. The hearing will hear Sidener's account tonight as the subcommittee seeks to probe the alleged secret orders and interpretation of whistle stop signals.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
House
Jacobs
D.-Ind
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lloyd Sidener
United Mine Workers Union
Canton
Sidener
United Mine Workers of America
Ill
Lesinski
Full Labor Committee
American F-80 pilot killed in Yokota jet explosion
TOKYO May 16 An American airman died when his F 80 Shooting Star plane exploded over Yokota airbase about 20 miles west of Tokyo. The crash ends the pilot's life in a routine flight incident at the base, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Tokyo
Yokota
Lie and Stalin in Long Parley
Moscow May 16 Prime minister Joseph Stalin and United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie held a 90 minute Kremlin talk. The session climaxed Lie’s mission to save the UN and touched on China’s representation. Russia insisted on recognizing Mao’s Peiping regime, not Chiang Kai-shek. Also present were Molotov and Vishinsky as Lie prepared for a possible news conference tomorrow.
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Trygve Lie
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Save the
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Lie
China
Zeny U. N
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
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Mao Tze- Tung
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Truman
Washington
London
Paris
Lie-Stalin
Vishinsky
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations Information Center
Drifter Sentenced Fifteen Years for 1948 Beating Death
In Bastrop Louisiana on May 16, 1949 the 28 year old Bob Vanoven received a 15 year state penitentary term after pleading manslaughter in the death of Dorothy Jones, a 19 year old Mer Rouge housewife found brutally beaten Feb 20, 1948. The case drew in Willie Jones, the dead woman's husband, who was released after being held and later extradited. a lie detector test preceded Vanoven's confession taking full blame.
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Bastrop
Bob Vanoven
Dorothy Jones
Willie Jones
Jones
Billings
Mont
Ouachita Parish
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Vanoven
Morehouse Parish
Fudickar
Mississippi
Barrage of Eggs Meets Red Dean in Hamilton Speech
In Hamilton Ontario last night the Very Rev Hewlett Johnson known as the red dean was drenched with eggs and tomatoes as he finished a speech during a Canadian speaking tour He had been banned from the United States for leftist sympathies and was pelted as he walked toward another hall where Rev Dr James Endicott chairman of the Canadian peace congress spoke
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Hamilton
Ont
Britain
Red Dean
Canterbury
Hewlett Johnson
Dean Johnson
United States
James Endicott
Rail strike settled as firemen ordered back to work
CHICAGO May 16 AP The nation’s worst railroad strike in four years ended with striking firemen on five major systems recalled and told to resume service immediately. Carriers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen said they won key issues, including a dispute over hiring a second fireman on diesel locomotives. Union leaders called the settlement satisfactory while confirming some modified demands will be arbitrated under existing contracts.
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Chicago
Brotherhood
Pennsylvania Railroad
David B. Robertson
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Southern Railway
Santa Fe
Union Pacific Railroad
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Dividend Tax Gets Approval
Washington May 16 The house ways and means committee approved a 10 percent withholding tax on corporate dividends. It aims to tax dividends not reported to personal income tax and would yield about 150 million dollars yearly. The plan credits taxpayers at year end, preventing extra tax, but ensures dividend income is reported.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Federal Treasury
Treasury
Representative Mills
D.-Ark
Mills
Truman
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Absentee votes cast for Monroe school bond issue urged
Absentee voting by qualified Monroe taxpayers for the 2,500,000 school expansion bond starts this week. Clerk R Dean Farr notes none have been cast yet and urges those out of town to vote by Saturday May 20 before election day on May 23.
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Monroe
R. Dean Farr
Help Wanted Ad Promises Quick Applicant Response
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